May 10, 346 Gregorian Calendar, Farensi, Caiunescu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

As we enter May, the climate in Pharansy begins to dry and hot. This has been accompanied by a sharp increase in water consumption, but this year there have been some minor problems. A section of the culvert of the Wangdu Aqueduct was partially collapsed due to the diversion of groundwater flow, which caused the lower foundation to be hollowed out by flowing water. As a direct result of the incident, 14 water supply points to 300 households were cut off. Although it was only a minor accident, the problems that were exposed afterwards made people have to scratch their heads. None of the workers and officials of the Municipal Works Agency could read the drawings of the aqueduct left behind by the previous dynasty, so it was impossible to find out where the culvert was damaged.

After the matter dragged on for 3 days, he was directly stabbed by the angry people to the prime minister. Naturally, the officials in charge of the Municipal Works Agency were inevitably reprimanded, but the reprimand could not solve the problem. Sogrend knew that the Great Library must have kept books on engineering, but he was currently working on an important document that he couldn't afford to deal with, and there were too few people who could read the Mainland's official language (not even too much).

"Larson has been studying mainland Mandarin recently, so let him deal with it and solve the problem for me within a week." In the end, the Prime Minister, who could not find anyone, issued such an order.

"Lord Luce!" Larson, who received the order, rushed to the prime minister's office in a rage. "I am a hussar officer, a man of honour in Falunci, how could I possibly deal with such a matter of profound learning?"

"Oh, I see." Thorgrande looked up from the pile of papers and glanced at Larsen, if it was someone from the Third Legion, then he knew that he should immediately turn back, and then tell Sogrerd that he was farting what he just said, and then flee quickly. However, Larson had no such experience, so he waited there for the Prime Minister's conscience to find out.

"That being the case, it is unnecessary for you to disturb Miss Rabelais again and again, and it seems that she is not fit to be your teacher. Starting tonight, come to me and report, and I'll be happy to mentor you as you are. ”

"Uh...... Lord Luce is newly married, and it is not appropriate for me to take the liberty of disturbing it......"

"Huh?"

"I'll get it done as soon as I can." Larson gave a stiff military salute, and after saying it loudly, he immediately turned and crawled out of the prime minister's office.

However, 10 minutes after Larsson escaped in disarray, he suddenly realized that Sogrand had given himself a very good excuse to disturb Miss Rabelais more.

"It seems that this should be added as well." After seeing Larsson away, Sogre looked at the complaint documents sent by the people in the water-off area, then moved his eyes to what he was drafting, and muttered to himself.

After a light lunch (bread and boiled water) at noon, the Prime Minister's office welcomed the second visitor of the day, Captain Jayne Beta.

"Hello, Officer Beta." Sogrend put down what he was doing and cleaned up his desk a little.

"Hello, Lord Luce."

"Please be seated." Jayne bowed and sat down across from Thorgrand.

"Well, I should have come to hand in my 'homework' today."

"Yes, Your Excellency, please take a look." Jayne handed over a roll of parchment.

Thorgrande leaned forward, took the parchment, and began to read it carefully.

After 5 minutes, he had a general understanding of the main content, so he put down the scroll of paper and said, "Captain Beta, first of all, as your report says, Romaidar has suppressed all the tribes of Navi. Tell us a little bit about the situation, and you mentioned here that Ruhr of Mebles was executed for an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Romedalal. As far as I know, Ruhl is not a reckless man, and since he dares to assassinate, he is quite sure. ”

"Then let me elaborate on ......."

April 24 was the day after the Battle of the Depression. Romerdal and his allies rallied in the Valley of Wo to discuss what Navi should do after the civil strife. To their surprise, Phaliru of Arioto was the first to send an emissary to show his submission. Romedal accepted the other party's offer of reconciliation, saying that if the Arioto tribe could follow the order he had advocated, they would still be able to retain all their rights.

After dealing with the affairs of Arioto, the people began to wait for news from another tribe. To their surprise, Ruhr of Meblis sent a message to ask for surrender, claiming that he had cut down the head of the Meraph patriarch Hagensen, who had rejected his offer of reconciliation and was determined to resist to the end. In order to show his submission, he was willing to publicly announce his support for Desdar to inherit the position of the patriarch of Mebres.

Hearing the news, everyone showed disdain. Even though Hagensen is a hardcore anti-Romerdal, Ruhr's betrayal of his former allies is still despicable. Risedal didn't see it that way, he felt that Ruhl's transformation was a little too fast, and then everyone knew his temperament, so it was not necessarily impossible for him to make a similar move. However, Risedar did not want to suggest that Romerdal refuse to meet with Ruhr now, at least if Ruhl was really willing to speak in public, then the question of Meblis's succession would save a lot of trouble.

Ruhl offered to dedicate Hagensen's head to Romerdal in public, which was agreed, after all, everyone wanted to confirm Hagensen's whereabouts.

After that, things were simple, Ruhl wanted to take advantage of Romedal's observation of the head to stab. He creatively hid a dagger in the throat of Hagensen's skull, planning to wipe Romerdal's neck directly from the skull's mouth at that time. However, it seems that the idea is too new, and Ruhl takes more than 1 second to draw the dagger. And it was in this short period of more than one second that Gronshire and Drul used a forward lunge at the same time to subdue him to the ground.

However, the mere assassination attempt on Romerdal would not sentence Ruhr to death at the National Assembly, but at best he would be exiled. Because Ruhr still has a legitimate reason for "blood revenge", although the National Assembly has long ruled that Romydal is not responsible for killing Tovdin (the leader of the tribal alliance cannot be disobeyed on the battlefield, otherwise the chief has the right to punish the disobedient, although Romedal went too far, but at that time, relying on the defense of Lisedar and Gronchar, the National Assembly ruled that he was not responsible, but needed to compensate Mebres). But "blood revenge" will still be sympathetic and respected by the elders.

Obviously, this is also in Ruhr's calculations. Unfortunately, he missed a trick in the end. Simone uncovers the murder of Grunholm and her brother on the spot, and admits to being his accomplice. A mere denunciation would be a false accusation, but Simone turned herself in as an accomplice, and the National Assembly had every reason to believe Simone's testimony. This, combined with the timely presentation of other corroborating evidence discovered a few months earlier, led to the death sentence of Ruhl, to be carried out by Gronshire himself.

"The First Brave of Nawei" was full of anger and smashed the murderer's head into a pool of flesh and blood with a boulder. Simone, as an accomplice, also has the right to demand her execution. However, it seems that Starr interceded with Gronshire for his sister, and Gronshire did not immediately promise him. He walked over to Simone and examined her closely.

"Dear Gronchar, exercise your right." Simone closed her eyes after speaking.

Gronchar's suspicious look lingered on his face for a long time, and at last he announced in a loud voice to the crowd: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to forgive Tovding's daughter for her courage. This kind of courage is different from, and even more valuable than, courage on the battlefield. So I decided to forgive her for her cowardice at the time. As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar. No one was happier than Starr.

Then Gronchar's words surprised everyone even more, "Tofding's daughter, you are still a pure girl, and if you do not dislike a widower with a child in tow, will you accept my proposal to your brother?" ”

When Simone heard this, she stayed there for five minutes. You know, it takes a while for anyone to get used to going from hell to heaven all at once.

"It is the dream of all Navi girls to be able to win your favor, esteemed Gronchar." Simone bowed her head.

"Wouldn't it be nice to start with the killing and end with the wedding?" Lisedar said with a smile to Romerdal and Drul.

"That's the main thing, Lord Luce."

"Very well, but what about the other thing?"

"Regarding the two palace invasions at the beginning of last year, the first can already be confirmed to be the plot of the former prime minister, Sanadine Piero, but it seems that he did not intend to assassinate the king at the time."

"Oh?" Thorgrande raised an eyebrow, "Where is the basis for your analysis?" ”

"It's not my credit, it's the reasoning of a colleague, and he wrote down the process and basis of the analysis." Jayne handed over a piece of parchment.

Sogrend took the paper and read it carefully. This is a very detailed analysis report, and the author even conducted several restoration experiments at the site at the time. The final conclusion was that when China spotted the intruder, the other party should have been aiming in the direction where Sogrand was. Therefore, the other party's target is definitely not the king, and it is likely not the current prime minister. Most likely, the other party's purpose is simply to attack an uncertain target near Sogrande in order to create some kind of chaos.

Seeing this, a possibility, the only but uncertain, flashed through Sogrend's mind. It seems that he was valued and despised by the former prime minister. He smiled, pushing the inference out of his mind and turning his attention to something more important.

"Who is the person who made this analysis? What is the rank? ”

"Report to Lord Julius, the man who made this thing is named Anthony Poirot, a native of Parello, and he ...... He has no rank. ”

"No ranks?"

"According to your instructions, the Ninth Legion can absorb a part of the civilian ...... on its own."

"I see," Thorgrande interrupted Jayne with a wave of his hand, "give him the rank of colonel in secret, serve as the chief of staff of the Ninth Legion, be at the same level as you, let him pick his own people, and organize and train a qualified intelligence analysis team as soon as possible." ”

"Yes, I see."

"Captain Beta, gathering intelligence is important, but intelligence analysis is even more important. I hope you understand my appointment. ”

"I understand Your Excellency, in the Ninth Legion, mind and experience are more important than courage." Jayne stood up and accepted the confidential letter of appointment from Sogrend, gave a military salute, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, Officer Beta, there's one more thing that matters."

"What is it, Your Excellency?" Jayne was a little confused.

"Judging from the results of your explanation this time, the Ninth Legion can already operate completely independently, and I would like to congratulate you on this.

What I am talking about below, please keep in mind that this is the most basic principle of the Ninth Legion, and those who violate it will lose their qualification to stay in this unit, and if they are serious, they will be eliminated without mercy. It's very harsh, not even inhuman, you see. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, I'm listening." Jayne unconsciously straightened up again.

"From the moment you walked through my door, the Ninth Legion was responsible to Her Majesty alone. In other words, although you have a certain right to act autonomously, you must be absolutely obedient to the king. All the results of the operation and confidential information are to be reported to Her Majesty alone, in a single, direct and prompt manner. No one can reveal anything to anyone outside the system without His Majesty's permission, and there are only two parties in this system - the King and the Ninth Legion. This is the first principle of the Ninth Legion, and it takes precedence over any other rules, and I have already said the fate of violators, do you understand? As he said this, Thorgrande stood up, his tone unusually cold.

Jayne even felt that if he had shown the slightest hesitation at that time, he might be killed by the Prime Minister on the spot. So, he answered yes very quickly. Thorgrande seemed pleased with his reaction, sat back in his seat, and got back to work.

Jayne clearly felt that the back of his clothes was soaked with cold sweat, and after returning to his normal state, he couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you in this system either?" ”

Thorgrande slowly raised his head when he heard this, and Jayne was nervous again in the process. However, Thorgrande did not show any impatience, and replied briefly: "Yes, unless I am transferred to be the commander of the Ninth Legion." ”

"Xia Guan understands!" Jayne gave a military salute, "Retire and go directly to Your Majesty to report the results of this investigation." ”

"Okay, go ahead." Thorgrande smiled at him and went back to work.

Half an hour later, in the king's study.

"Lu Siqing, that's what I told you?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it should be said that it was a death order for me and the Ninth Legion." Jayne replied.

"Sogrand also has such stubbornness, and I know the situation." Margaret sat back in her seat, scratched her head, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and she thought of an easy way. "Officer Beta!"

"Here I am, Your Majesty."

"Lu Siqing said that from now on, the Ninth Legion will only obey my orders, right? No one else can interfere, can they? Margaret asked, leaning forward as she leaned forward on her desk.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Well, you can remember this order, I have authorized the Ninth Legion to share intelligence resources with Saugland Leus, and the Ninth Legion has the obligation to inform him of the latest and most important information first. Just let him know like that. Margaret waved her hand and motioned for Jayne to quickly relay the order to Thorgrande.

Jayne saluted and withdrew. However, when he went to Sogrend, he was told that he would not recognize the reasonableness of the order unless he saw the official written documents. When the ball was kicked back to Her Majesty, Margaret immediately drafted a formal written order. However, when the young queen finished writing the order, she remembered that since she was still a minor, the order could not be effective without the dual signature of the commander-in-chief and the prime minister.

"I was calculated by the teacher again." The queen muttered unwillingly, and in frustration scraped off the order she had just written.

The Prime Minister obviously did not have such a program as afternoon tea, and there was indeed such a program, but later because Her Majesty's afternoon classes were mainly mainland Mandarin, rhetoric, logic, mathematics, and geometry. And since Rabelais's father and daughter came out, these classes have gone to the Great Library, and Miss Rabelais has been teaching her, and there is no need to come to Saugland to report. Therefore, it was cut by the prime minister on the grounds of saving money.

The chief of the palace was in a miserable state of sandwich bread on this matter, on the one hand, in the face of the Chancellor's constant tightening of the bank, cutting off everything that could be cut off about his own expenses; On the other side is Her Majesty, who constantly asks the Home Office to take care of everyone in the court, especially the Prime Minister, who is busy with work. So, in recent months, the wife of the head of the interior has found that her husband's baldness trend has become more and more irreversible.

However, during tea time, someone came to disturb him again.

"Urgent military intelligence sent by the Dragoons, Marshal Leus." A Praetorian Guard non-commissioned officer walked in.

"Has Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief seen it?" Sogrend asked as he took the papers.

"I've already given instructions, and I'm here to ask for your opinion, because it's from Gresden."

Thorgrande spread out the paper and read it, and it was simple. According to reconnaissance on 5 May, the Iberian Army began to build a city at the mouth of the valley of Mryat, but not very quickly. Obviously, the other side can't pull out too much labor during this season. However, the Iberian side was not weak, with at least 5,000 to 10,000 Hertz infantry; 3,000 to 5,000 Zigner longbowmen; hundreds of Zignar heavy cavalry; An army of about 60,000 men, including some other Iberian knight troops.

On the Falencian side, 28,000 men of Karl Holling's Third Army were stationed in Gresden, as well as some local guards. However, the total strength should only be half of the opponent's.

Marshal Henry's opinion was that a tentative attack could be attempted, but Taugrand did not, and if there were only Iberians, he would suggest that Holin simply kill them and drive them away. However, now there are mercenaries from Herz and Zigner. In particular, the 3,000 to 5,000 Zignar longbowmen, in the terrain of the mouth of the Muryath Valley, even if they were replaced by the Pamis cavalry, they might not be able to break through their defenses. Therefore, his advice was to keep a close watch and try to obtain detailed information about the mercenaries.

"Immediately to Her Majesty, and also, inform the Commander-in-Chief, that after dinner, please join me before Her Majesty on this matter."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"Before war, what we need is peace; After war, what we need is peace. Sogrend silently recited the old Yartikat proverb.

――――Lazy dividing line――――

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